More agents assigned to Olympic bombing

Jewell still a suspect, sources say

October 24, 1996
Web posted at: 2:45 p.m. EDT

ATLANTA (CNN) -- The FBI is adding as many as two dozen
agents to the investigation of the Centennial Olympic Park
bombing, and security guard Richard Jewell remains a suspect,
sources told CNN Thursday.

While Jewell hasn't been removed from the FBI's list of
suspects, he has been "moved down
the list" and may soon be dropped, according to sources close
to the investigation.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester said he
considered Jewell a "former suspect." But the final
determination of who is or is not a suspect lies in the hands
of the FBI and Department of Justice.

Forrester, acting on a request by the media to release
documents relating to the Jewell investigation, gave the FBI
five days to make the documents public or appeal the ruling.

Jewell's attorneys said the judge's ruling demonstrates that
their client is innocent. They added that they want a
letter from the U.S. attorney officially dropping Jewell from
the suspect list.

Sources said such a letter is under consideration.

Jewell, 33, was working as a security guard at Centennial
Olympic Park when a pipe bomb exploded July 27, killing one
person and injuring more than 100. A Turkish journalist died
of
a heart attack running to the scene. His death was later
ruled a homicide.

Jewell was initially hailed as a hero for spotting the
knapsack
containing the bomb and trying to direct people away. He was
named a suspect three days later.

Despite months of investigation, Jewell has not been charged
with a crime.